For academic reasons.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2286779

Kudos to GT for benching a guy who was getting it done on the court, but not the classroom.

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"Tarver fails to meet Georgia Tech standard ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech forward Theodis Tarver was declared academically ineligible by the school, ending his college career. He was eligible by NCAA standards but did not meet the school's academic requirements, coach Paul Hewitt said. Tarver may remain in school. The 6-foot-9 senior had started the previous six games before Tuesday night's game against Centenary. His move into the lineup coinciding with a 5-1 run by the Yellow Jackets. He was averaging 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds. Tarver did not accompany the team to Shreveport, La., for what was to be a homecoming game. Tarver is from Monroe, about 90 miles away, and at least 50 family members and friends had been expected to attend. Tarver dislocated his kneecap as a sophomore, struggled through his junior season but finally seemed to be reaching his potential. In his final game Sunday, an upset of then-No. 11 Boston College, Tarver tied his career high by playing 25 minutes. He had eight points, six rebounds, two blocks and two assists in the 60-58 victory. His departure will place a bigger burden on sophomore forwards Ra'Sean Dickey and Jeremis Smith, and most likely lead to more playing time for freshman center Alade Aminu."

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 3:11 PM. Reason : [quote]

1/10/2006 3:10:51 PM

haha...right on time for when we play them

1/10/2006 3:46:17 PM

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"Tarver did not accompany the team to Shreveport, La., for what was to be a homecoming game. Tarver is from Monroe, about 90 miles away, and at least 50 family members and friends had been expected to attend. "

shit just got real

1/10/2006 3:48:18 PM

if he meet NCAA standards, he should play
but GG to GT for setting higher standards

1/10/2006 3:51:23 PM

GT deserves credit for setting higher standards for their athletes. If I was a GT fan though, I'd probably be pissed.

1/10/2006 3:52:42 PM

That is ridiculous. School standards should equal NCAA standards. The NCAA has so many ridiculous rules that causes players to miss games (Felton last year; Billy Edelin a few years back; etc, etc) that kids shouldn't have to worry about differing school rules if they meet all the NCAA reqs..

Just my opinion..

EDIT: I know that sounds ridiculous but it should either be uniform throughout or be up to each individual school..

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 3:55 PM. Reason : f]

1/10/2006 3:54:06 PM

the kids a frickin senior. I think he knows the deal by now and if not he literally should be ineligible cause he's dumb as fuck

1/10/2006 3:57:28 PM

GT is trying to make up for last year when they had 41 players that were declared ineligible in multiple sports.... That's my humble opinion....

1/10/2006 3:58:52 PM

He was aware of the academic standards set by Gerogia Tech when he accepted the full ride - if he wanted lower standards there is Big East basketball, he wouldn't be the first to go from GT to UCONN.

He managed to meet those standards for the better part of 7 semesters and I applaud Georgia Tech for having higher standards to play a sport. It sounds like he will be able to finish his degree.

1/10/2006 3:59:04 PM

i think its BS that if a kid if kicked off the team for any reason, he gets to keep his scholarship. pro-rate that shit and make him pay the balance. money for sport - sport = bullshit

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:01 PM. Reason : .]

1/10/2006 4:00:35 PM

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

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"Kudos to GT for benching a guy who was getting it done on the court"

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"Tarver tied his career high "

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"eight points"

Yup, he was gettin er' done all right.

1/10/2006 4:08:50 PM

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"His move into the lineup coinciding with a 5-1 run by the Yellow Jackets"

Reading is fun. He was an important piece of the puzzle that was missing - and is missing again.

1/10/2006 4:10:09 PM

Quote :

"He was aware of the academic standards set by Gerogia Tech when he accepted the full ride - if he wanted lower standards there is Big East basketball, he wouldn't be the first to go from GT to UCONN."

Marcus Williams was kicked off the team for a semester for the same reason 2 years ago.

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:11 PM. Reason : and he wasn't given a national championship ring either as punishment even though he played 1/2 yr]

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:11 PM. Reason : but you love getting those digs in regardless of how it relates!]

1/10/2006 4:10:21 PM

Ed Nelson also left GT for UConn

1/10/2006 4:11:12 PM

Uh, yea. And it had NOTHING to do with academics..

Why does UConn end up being in EVERY thread I post in about bball.. come on. Start a 'UConn bashing' thread if you want to do that every damn time I post..

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:12 PM. Reason : f]

1/10/2006 4:11:46 PM

When the fuck did GT become a school with higher academic standards?

Wasnt it just this summer that some kids got kicked off the football team for violating NCAA policies?....and a number of them were grade related?

1/10/2006 4:13:14 PM

Yes. That is why this is fucked up. He is being made an example of and it sucks.. unless the higher standards are part of the NCAA sanctions.. which could be the case.

1/10/2006 4:14:19 PM

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"Marcus Williams was kicked off the team for a semester for the same reason 2 years ago."

That was for not meeting NCAA standards. He also steals laptops, not the smartest cookie.


And why did Ed Nelson transfer?

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:27 PM. Reason : it's taking NyM410 longer than I thought to research Williams and Nelson]

1/10/2006 4:15:12 PM

I usually don't post much after work unless a game is on or something but Nelson gave 'closer to family' (Boston) as a reason in every article I've found..

seriously. If you want to troll me about UConn in every thread please make a 'UConn sucks' or 'UConn is dirty' thread. Of course I'll answer questions if you ask about them because I'm argumentative but no one else wants to read about them every fucking college thread..

1/10/2006 5:56:09 PM

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 6:30 PM. Reason : ok so i owned myself]

1/10/2006 6:27:11 PM

GT is just trying to make up for being put on probation due to the amount of ineligible athletes they let compete up until 2 months ago.

1/10/2006 6:29:34 PM

They weren't competing two months ago.

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"The violations and penalties involve the sports of football, men's and women's track and field and women's swimming between the 1998-99 and 2004-05 academic years."

straight from the NCAA.

1/10/2006 6:43:59 PM